Cinema · Observations · Humour
To be perfectly honest, one always felt sorry for the poor Alien, especially in the instalment where he took Ellen Ripley for his mother, and she flew off without him in a spaceship
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
Former director of the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, Hilda Trujillo Soto, accuses the museum's board of trustees of concealing the disappearance of the artist's works. Trujillo claims that during her time at the museum she discovered discrepancies between the inventory of works compiled by
NB! · Art · People
A small marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin, "Despair", from a private collection, was sold at auction for €1.1 million last weekend. It is reported that the owners had no idea of the work's value, taking the sculpture for a copy.
Faith · The East · Cinema · Society
Mel Gibson Intends to Make a Series about the Siege of Malta. Well, it is high time to recall the triumph of the Christian defenders of a tiny island in 1565, when an Ottoman armada descended upon it. The Siege of Malta is one of the most heroic and most
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Architecture · Faith · Observations · Society
The State Duma has passed in first reading a bill banning the use of images of places of worship and religious objects without their religious symbols. The ban is to apply to the media, the internet, advertising, goods, signage, and state and municipal emblems. Thank God, and about time! But
Cinema · People
The film will be directed by the actress Emily Mortimer, for whom the project marks her directorial debut. The female lead is played by Alison Oliver, known for Saltburn. The story follows a Russian poet who falls in love with a British student. The action is set in Moscow in
Faith · Geography · Society
Between 2010 and 2020, the world's religious landscape changed considerably. Here are some statistics from the latest report by the Pew Research Center: Christianity remains the largest religion in the world: over the decade the number of Christians grew by 122 million, reaching 2.3 billion by 2020.
Books · Monarchies · Moscow · People
The People's Artist of Russia will appear on the dramatic stage for the first time, playing Louis XIV, King of France, in Yury Kvyatkovsky's production of Mikhail Bulgakov's play A Cabal of Hypocrites.
Science · People
German chemist August Kekulé is said to have made the greatest discovery of his life in a dream. Kekulé had long supposed that the valency of carbon was four, but could not understand how, this being so, a benzene molecule could consist of 6 atoms of tetravalent carbon and 6
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Architecture · Art · London · Museums
The Victoria and Albert Museum's New Storehouse Opens in London: Exhibits May Be Viewed Up Close and Without Glass, and Almost Any of the Hundreds of Thousands of Objects in Its Holdings Can Be Studied in Detail by Request in a Special Room. Among the notable exhibits are